Happy Mother's Day to Me

When we were in London I wanted to get a dress. I love shopping there because then you can be more assured that your dress won't be duplciated back in Missouri!  It didn't take long before I found a dress that I really liked and went to try it on. When I was in the dressing room, my friend Ruth came in with the same dress in Addie's size and said, 'Look you can get the same one for Addie.' I was sold. We both agreed that my opportunity for wearing matching dress was running out. It wasn't long before I was the proud owner of an adult sized and child sized dress in the same fabric.

It will come as no surprise that Addie has been dying to wear the dresses together since we showed her them. I told her that Mother's Day would be the right first time. You should have seen how excited she was to put her dress on this morning. We had a lot of fun being twins today. Here are some pictures to show - (and of course we had a little brother that wanted in on the action so we obliged).

Theo watching baseball

Whoever claims that watching television is a sedentary activity has never seen Theo watch Royals' baseball....enjoy!

PS - he had no idea we were taking this video.

Airplanes, Monkeys, and Spider Webs

Here is a glimpse of a, not so unusual, moment in my life...

Before bedtime Eliot notices a nail that is hanging above his bed and asks what it is for. I tell him that we use to have a picture hanging on it when Addie's bed was there. I then explain that I left it there for him so now we just need to find a picture to hang on the wall there. I ask what he would like the picture to be of. He replies 'airplanes or monkeys'.

Addie then, overhearing, came to the rescue (Addie is always a problem solver, sometimes it is helpful) -

Addie: Mom you could look on web for those pictures.
Erin: You mean the web?
Addie: Yes, you could look on the web to see if they have any monkeys or airplanes.
Eliot: Where spider web?

When you are tired this is mildly funny. Once the kids are in bed, it is really funny.

Eliot's Oberservation at a Ballpark

Last night at Theo's baseball game Eliot came up to me and said, 'Mom, that lady has what you have.' I looked over at the group of ladies he was referring to, thinking I would see someone who had a bag of popcorn or the same shirt on as me. I didn't see anything remotely like that. So I inquired further, 'what do you mean Eliot?' He then very clearly put both his hands on his chest and said 'these, that lady has these like you do.'

I have no idea what made him notice this lady's breasts in particular - but he for sure took notice!

Peter Rabbit

Jack and Theo's music class at Heritage Enrichment Morning performed Peter Rabbit this semester. Jack was cast as Peter, and Theo was cast as a bunny in the chorus. Later, for the program, each chorus bunny got to pick their individual name; Theo then became the 'baseball bunny'. What made this play even more fun is that our good friends, Will and Caroline, were cast as Mr. McGregor and Flopsy, respectively. 

One really sweet story that I forgot to blog about earlier revolves around the casting. At dinner the night the boys found out their parts, we were going around the table doing highs and lows. Theo quickly shared that his high was when Jack was selected as Peter Rabbit. We all agreed that was a great thing and we praised Theo for being so excited for Jack. I then inquired about what his low point of the day was and he quickly said 'My low is that I didn't get a part'.  He was so sweet when he said it. We then reassured him that he did get a part and that the chorus bunnies were super important. He looked somewhat convinced.  But a few months later and after a lot of practicing, he looked more convinced. Here are some pictures of the boys and then a small video with Jack singing his solo. 

A Sign You Have The Best Friends....

So when your husband is overseas, and you are home with four kids, and you attend a good friend's nine-year-old son's birthday party, and they get the cake out, and they have a cake for your soon-to-be three-year-old, you feel loved...really really loved.

Happy 40th Birthday Charles!

We celebrated Charles's birthday in London. We were 'camping' out in an empty house on campus at Oak Hill. The kids slept well, but they found their way to Charles in the morning. I got kicked out and decided to turn lemons into lemonade. Here is the resulting picture: